King James Version
Job 37:18 in the King James Version says “Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?” — study this verse from Job chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?”
Job 37:18 · KJV
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hast thou with him spread out”
H7554to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“the sky”
H7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
“and as a molten”
H3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
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